Not quite. With a phone number a random phone provider knows your identity. They do not get notified you are signing up for Signals. Google doesn’t know you signed up with that phone number for Signals either. Depending on your country and how these details are handled there may not be an easy way to lookup who you are from a phone number.
There’s obvious downsides to the phone number use, of course, but saying it the same in terms of privacy than this, doesn’t feel correct.
There’s identical security for the payment too. Assuming you trust Signal, they don’t keep a record of it tied to your actual account the same with a phone number.
It’s the exact same privacy protection as signing up with a phone number.
Not quite. With a phone number a random phone provider knows your identity. They do not get notified you are signing up for Signals. Google doesn’t know you signed up with that phone number for Signals either. Depending on your country and how these details are handled there may not be an easy way to lookup who you are from a phone number.
There’s obvious downsides to the phone number use, of course, but saying it the same in terms of privacy than this, doesn’t feel correct.
There’s identical security for the payment too. Assuming you trust Signal, they don’t keep a record of it tied to your actual account the same with a phone number.
Oh, also, they’re just using Google Play for now. They’ll definitely be adding a generic CC option.
“Your Signal code is…”